Improvement in tailors  measures



G. H. LASAR.

T'AILoR's MEASURE.

vPatented May 15, 1877.

' lll/11111111111 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIL :E 1 l E UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GODFREY H. LASAR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN TAILORS MEASURES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 190,686, dated May 15, 1877; application tiled January 29, 1877.

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GoDFREY H. LASAR, of the city and county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Tailors7 Measures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of talors measures described in the subject-matter of Patent No. 163,911, issued June 1, 1875, to Zachaeus Bauer, for apparatus for laying out coat-patterns; and my invention consists in the provision of a spring holding device between the sliding arms of the measure and the supporting-frame.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my preferred form. Fig. 2 is alongitudiual section of same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View, showinga modified form of my iin-- provemeut. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of same. Fig. 5 is a transverse section ot' another modied form of my improvement.

A is a portion of one of the stationary arms of the measure, to which is secured the adjustable sliding arm B, which is set by the operator to the position required, and which isprovided with a scale ot' divisions to indi- -cate the position at which it is set. In order to hold the sliding arm firmly in Whatever position it may be set, and at the same time al low the easy adjustment thereof, I have arranged a spring friction-holder, a, which bears against the slide B, and holds it in place by friction. This spring-holder is formed by out ting or punching a spring-tongue from either the metal of arm A, slide B, or sleeve O, as shown. C are the guide-sleeve for guiding the sleeve B on the arm A.

The following advantages are claimed for my improved construction: rst. that the slide B will at all times be firmly heldin whatever position it is placed; second, by continued use the partsA and B become worn, and will not retain the required position in the usual manner of forming the device, Whereas with my construction all the slack incidental to wear from usage is taken up by the spring a, which keeps the slide B close to the arm A.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the fixed arm A, adjustable slide B, and guide O, one of the elements being provided with a spring holdingtongue, a, forming an integral part of the same, as and for the purpose set forth.

GODFREY H. LASAR. Witnesses:

ROBERT BURNS, HENRY S. LAsAR. 

